CAS AH 112 Lecture 10: 1900s contemporary arts

• School: Boston University
• Department: History of Art & Architecture
• Course: CAS AH 112
• Professor: Jodi Cranston

Document Summary

Death figure painter, figures of animals (he loves animals), sculptor. 1905-6 - he got into solid form tneds ot go in geometrica, diagonal, jarring, vs. cezanne"s figures integrating into the surrounding, creating an ambiguous place. Different from braque: braque used more line, more traditional, flattened out, shading synthetic cubism: start out with bunch of shape and synthesize it, used in three musicians. Leger been in wwi, horrible, industrialized, gas, machine, tank. Kadinsky move you spiritually/emotionally without actually representing anything gives a work in colors and lines, which are equivalent to music composition important theoretician not objective art - no object. Suprematism - supremacy of pure feeling (pure suggest that he"s out for some essential) 8/12/16 socialism - easy to read because shows, especially, very idealized. Crystal palace skyscraper = tall office building with an elevator. Chicago window - two square pants in the middle that you can"t open the window ornaments on the lower floor.